The last few days I was thinking about buying new earphones. I currently use some Sony EX70 earbuds which have a nice sound but a few weeks ago I lost one of these silicon ear tips so I had to use a bigger one which doesn’t fit right in my ear. Also, they seem to disintegrate (ok, they had a rough time behind them :)) slowly. So it’s time for some new ones.

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I’ve done a lot of research using the Internet the last days to find the right earphones.
The problem is that you can’t go to your local dealer and try them on because it would be a little bit disgusting. The only thing you can do is read test reports and opinions by people who already use them.
And buying things based on opinions of people you don’t know is critical, especially because such opinions are mostly subjective and everybody thinks different about it. But I found an interesting (one-year enduring) thread in the german ipodfun.de forums which discusses this topic very objective. After reading through this my current favorite earphone is the Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 Pro. It seems worth its price.
I think I’ll buy them (if I’ll buy them) at Earphone Solutions in the United States which would save me about 80 Euros.
But before I spend that much money on some small plastic pieces I’ll have to sleep over this one more night.

Update: I did it.